SOSSUSVLEI & NAMIB DESERT
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 49,768 |
| Altitude (m): | 0-2000 |
| # Species: | 156 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 156 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 10 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 0.3 |
| Habitat: Desert, dunes, rocky escarpment, scrub | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | ND,NM |
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| 2 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | ND |
| 3 | South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | ND |
| 4 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | NM |
| 5 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | ND |
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| 6 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | ND |
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| 7 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | ND |
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| 8 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | NM |
| 9 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | ND,NM |
| 10 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | ND,NM |
| 11 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | ND,NM |
| 12 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | ND,NM |
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| 13 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | ND,NM |
| 14 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | ND |
| 15 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | ND |
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| 16 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | ND |
| 17 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | ND,NM |
| 18 | Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | NM |
| 19 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | ND,NM |
| 20 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | ND |
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| 21 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | ND,NM |
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| 22 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | ND |
| 23 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | ND,NM |
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| 24 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | ND,NM |
| 25 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | ND |
| 26 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | ND,NM |
| 27 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | ND |
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| 28 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ND,NM |
| 29 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | ND |
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| 30 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | ND |
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| 31 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | ND,NM |
| 32 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | ND,NM |
| 33 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | ND |
| 34 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | NM |
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| 35 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ND,NM |
| 36 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | ND |
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| 37 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | ND |
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| 38 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | NM |
| 39 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | ND,NM |
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| 40 | Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | NM |
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| 41 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | ND |
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| 42 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | NM |
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| 43 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | ND |
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| 44 | Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | ND |
| 45 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | ND |
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| 46 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | ND |
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| 47 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | ND,NM |
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| 48 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | ND,NM |
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| 49 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | ND,NM |
| 50 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | ND,NM |
| 51 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | ND,NM |
| 52 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | ND |
| 53 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | ND |
| 54 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | ND,NM |
| 55 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | ND,NM |
| 56 | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | ND |
| 57 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | ND,NM |
| 58 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | ND,NM |
| 59 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | ND,NM |
| 60 | Black Harrier | Circus maurus | ND |
| 61 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | ND |
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| 62 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ND |
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| 63 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | ND,NM |
| 64 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | NM |
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| 65 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | ND,NM |
| 66 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | NM |
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| 67 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | ND |
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| 68 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | ND,NM |
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| 69 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | ND,NM |
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| 70 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | ND,NM |
| 71 | European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | ND |
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| 72 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | ND |
| 73 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | ND |
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| 74 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | ND,NM |
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| 75 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | NM |
| 76 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | ND |
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| 77 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | ND,NM |
| 78 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | ND,NM |
| 79 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | ND,NM |
| 80 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NM |
| 81 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | ND,NM |
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| 82 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | ND,NM |
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| 83 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | ND,NM |
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| 84 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | ND,NM |
| 85 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | ND,NM |
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| 86 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | ND,NM |
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| 87 | Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | NM |
| 88 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | ND,NM |
| 89 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | NM |
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| 90 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | ND,NM |
| 91 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | ND,NM |
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| 92 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | ND,NM |
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| 93 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | ND |
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| 94 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | ND,NM |
| 95 | Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi | NM |
| 96 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | NM |
| 97 | Black-eared Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix australis | ND |
| 98 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | ND |
| 99 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | ND,NM |
| 100 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | NM |
| 101 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | ND,NM |
| 102 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | ND,NM |
| 103 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | ND,NM |
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| 104 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | ND |
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| 105 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | ND |
| 106 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | ND,NM |
| 107 | Cinnamon-breasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | ND |
| 108 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | ND |
| 109 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | ND |
| 110 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | NM |
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| 111 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | NM |
| 112 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | ND,NM |
| 113 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | NM |
| 114 | Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | NM |
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| 115 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | ND,NM |
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| 116 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | NM |
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| 117 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | NM |
| 118 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | ND,NM |
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| 119 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | NM |
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| 120 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | ND |
| 121 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | ND,NM |
| 122 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | ND |
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| 123 | Karoo Thrush | Turdus smithi | ND |
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| 124 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | NM |
| 125 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | ND,NM |
| 126 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | ND,NM |
| 127 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | ND |
| 128 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | ND,NM |
| 129 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | NM |
| 130 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | NM |
| 131 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | ND,NM |
| 132 | Mountain Chat | Myrmecocichla monticola | ND,NM |
| 133 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | ND,NM |
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| 134 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | ND |
| 135 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | ND |
| 136 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | ND,NM |
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| 137 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | ND,NM |
| 138 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | NM |
| 139 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | ND,NM |
| 140 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | ND,NM |
| 141 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | ND |
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| 142 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | NM |
| 143 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | ND,NM |
| 144 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | ND |
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| 145 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | ND |
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| 146 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | ND,NM |
| 147 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | NM |
| 148 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | ND,NM |
| 149 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | ND,NM |
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| 150 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | ND,NM |
| 151 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | ND |
| 152 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | ND |
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| 153 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | ND,NM |
| 154 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | ND,NM |
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| 155 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | ND,NM |
| 156 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | ND,NM |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 7 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 10 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 6 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
LOCATION CODES
| Code | Description |
| NM | Naukluft Mountains |
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